AWARDS FOR BEST FILM SCORES, SONG AND SOUND 2023
Best Original Score | Feature Film
Best Original Score | Documentary
Best Original Score | Short film
Best Original Score | Series
Best Original Song | Feature Film
Best Sound Mixing / Best Sound Editing
Crystal Pine for Best Picture
Crystal Pine for Best Short
Special Crystal Pine Award
is presented besides these categories to the authors who have composed the best music for the world’s best-known movies in the past year – up to 12 nominations.
Crystal Pine Award for Lifetime Achievement
is present to professionals who during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of sound and music in cinematography.
The Horizon Award
is a distinguished Crystal Pine award in which the ISFMF jury selects the best projects that stand out for their specific and important subject matter in combination with excellent film music or sound.
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2022
CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score, Feature
| Winners (tie) | PLEASURE – Karl Frid | Sweden THE CONVERSATION – Dalibor Grubačević | Croatia |
| Nominees | A CROSS IN THE DESERT – Ana Krstajić | Serbia DOGTANIAN AND THE THREE MUSKETHOUNDS – Manel Gil-Inglada | Spain AXIOMAS – NeWord Music | Argentina LEGEND OF THE FOREST – Alan Williams | China UNSILENCED – Ian Chen | Canada FURIOZA – Miro Kepinski | Poland SPENCER – Jonny Greenwood | UK YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE – Hans Michael Hess | UK |
Best Original Score, Documentary
| Winners (tie) | BERG – Rutger Zuydervelt, Hugo Dijkstal | The Netherlands CALENDAR GIRLS – Love Martinsen | Sweden |
| Nominees | STAGE CHANGERS – Mason Vellios | Australia SOUL OF THE OCEAN – Alan Williams | USA MORNING WITHOUT EVENING – Milad Movahedi | Norway RIDE BACK TO FREEDOM – Bernhard Falkner | Austria NIGHT STALKER – THE HUNT FOR A SERIAL KILLER – Brooke Blair, Will Blair | USA |
Best Original Score, Short
| Winner | SOMETIMES THEY SING – Patrick Kendell Smith | UK |
| Nominees | HIBERNATE – Houssam Hassan Hamo | Syria IN THE DESERT OF DARK AND LIGHT – J. M. Quintana Cámara | USA ETERNAL VALLEY – Sandrine Rudaz | Switzerland I SURRENDER – Tim Žibrat | Slovenia UKRAINE’S SOUL: A TRIBUTE TO HEROES – Marcelle Abela | Malta MORTIMER AND THE VANISHINGS – Moritz Laßmann | Germany LAUGH WITH ME – Sean Tinnion | Australia IT’S ALWAYS SOMETHING – Jacob Bloomfield-Misrach | USA LA ENTREGA – Alberto Torres | Spain THE STILL SOUND – Camilla Ferrari | Italy ONLY CHILD – Deon Lee | USA 535 (A FAMILY SUITE) – Francisco Morgan | Portugal LIFELESS – Douglas Pipes | USA THE LAST CLOUDWEAVER – Ros Gilman | USA WHEN THE WHEEL IS SPINNING – Chien-Yu Tai | Taiwan SERIALKILLER – Jay Kriegsman | Germany NAHRANI – Mathias Rehfeldt | Germany RICE CONNECTIONS – Jon Ong | Malaysia |
Best Original Score, Series or Limited Series
| Winner | OZARK, season 4 – Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans |
| Nominees | FRANKELDA’S BOOK OF SPOOKS – Kevin Smithers SEX EDUCATION, season 2 – Oli Julian MIDNIGHT MASS – The Newton Brothers THE CLOAKED REALM, episode TUNNEL 23 – John Baxter THE SQUID GAME – Jung Jae-il SUCCESSION, season 3 – Nicholas Britell |
Special award: BETTER CALL SAUL – Dave Porter (composer), Thomas Golubić (music supervisor)
Best Original Song
| Winner | FRANKELDA’S BOOK OF SPOOKS – Kevin Smithers |
| Nominees | LEM AND MROZEK – REACTIVATION – Marek Wojtasik ORAN NA-HEALA – Mike Lukey |
Best Picture
| Winner | A CROSS IN THE DESERT – Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic | Serbia |
| Nominees | SHOVELING PIXIE DUST: A MEMOIR – Tim Landry | USA CHAMELEONS – Fritz Aigner | Austria SPENCER – Pablo Larraín | UK PIG – Michael Sarnoski | USA THE INNOCENTS – Eskil Vogt | Norway |
Best Short
| Winner | BREAKTHROUGH: THE STORY OF TINA GUO – Daniel Elahi | USA |
| Nominees | HIBERNATE – Houssam Hassan Hamo | Syria AN AMERICAN REQUIEM: ELEGY FOR THE WEST – Darius Holbert | USA MORTIMER AND THE VANISHINGS – Robert Scheffner | Germany IN THE EVENT OF MY DEATH – Brian Scott Steele | USA NIGHT – Ahmad Saleh | Palestine MASARU – Ruben Navarro | USA THE PIANO LESSON – Nils-Erik Ekblom, Tom Norrgrann | Finland DRIBBLE – Ali Lavari Monfared, Nazafarin Hassanpour, Sajjad Bahadori | Iran UNCUT – Mark Hensley | USA LETTER TO A PIG – Til Kantor | France THE FAREWELLS – Néstor Orozco | Mexico THE KYSTER FAMILY IN NEW ZEALAND – Mikael Kyster | Denmark |
Best Music video
| Winner | D-UP (HERE’S TO THE DIVERSITY) – Richard Cushing |
| Nominees | REMEMBER – Garik Sukachov LET THE WIND SING – Garik Sukachov ABSOLUTE LOVE – Carlo Avventi MOSTASHFA – Reham Elsayd BRAUNKEHLCHEN – Jan Haft DÉFONCÉ – CORPS – Marion Castera WE ARE THE NIGHT – Alessandro Amaducci LEAP – Martin del Carpio FAR AWAY MAN – William Bryant Allen BANG BUS – Heewon Shin |
SPECIAL CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score
| Winner | DON’T LOOK UP – Nicholas Britell |
| Nominees | DUNE – Hans Zimmer THE POWER OF THE DOG – Jonny Greenwood THE LAST DUEL – Harry Gregson-Williams |
Best Sound Mixing
| Winner | BELFAST |
| Nominees | THE POWER OF THE DOG PIG |
Best Sound Editing
| Winner | THE INNOCENTS |
| Nominees | THE POWER OF THE DOG DUNE |
HORIZON AWARD
Best Music (Soundtrack, Score, Song Score or Overall production)
| Winner | LIBERTY – Jérémie De Witte | Belgium |
| Nominees | CHRISTABEL RHAPSODY FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA – Albert Syeles | USA IN BROAD DAYLIGHT – Paul Myles Zambrano | USA THE RAINBOW BRAINSTORM – Makda Musa | Canada SHAKESPEARE FOR ALL AGES – Hannes Rall, Patrick Kuhn Botelho | Germany LIVE OUT LOUD – Melissa Gregory Rue | USA PEAKS – Joshua Creek | Australia ROYAL JUMBLE – Sid De La Cruz | USA FACING THE SILENCE – Fuensanta ‘La Moneta’ Fresneda Galera | Spain MOONWALKER – Will Bramall | UK RESONANCE – Rebecca Doherty | Ireland THE INNOCENTS – Wojciech Lorenc | USA DIGGING DEEPER – Pedro Mari Martin | UK I SAW MYSELF DEAD – Jordan Paul Rousseau | Ireland THE SAULEP VILLAGE CHAPEL – Rivo Laasi | Estonia ONE BLUE MORNING – Maïté Hauser | France IN THE MIND’S GARDEN – Paolo Fosso | Italy SEASONS – Elizabeth Phillipson-Weiner | USA VOICES AND LOCKS – Mehdi Ahmad Pourian | Turkey CHOCOLATE TRONCHETTO – Nicole Favarelli | UK EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE – Gary Marlowe | Germany MAZE D’OR – Nikolay Dulesov | Russia |
2021
CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score, Feature
| Winner | RIVER ROAD – Michael Chambers, Rob Willey |
| Nominees | I CARE A LOT – Marc Canham TALL TALES – Attila Pacsay, Gergely Parádi THE VAST OF NIGHT – Erick Alexander, Jared Bulmer VIOLATION – Andrea Boccadoro GATE TO HEAVEN – Michele Josia THE FATHER – Ludovico Einaudi |
Best Original Score, Documentary
| Winner | HATING PETER TATCHELL – Paul Arnold, Andrew Barnabas |
| Nominees | #KidsOnTech – Benjamin Krause BELUSHI – Tree Adams HIS NAME IS RAY – Hanan Townshend MIKHA’EL – Marcelle Abela, Peter Cavallo COLLECTIV – Kyan Bayani WOMEN WARRIORS: THE VOICES OF CHANGE |
Best Original Score, Short
| Winner | HORIZON – Claudio Meloni |
| Nominees | KIMANA TUSKERS – Stephen Gallagher ACROSS THE OCEAN – Michael W. Choi AMILFTBPTBHG or A MAN IS LOOKING FOR THE BEST PLACE TO BURY HIS GIRLFRIEND – Imae SOULCAGE – Tomasz Waldowski, Marta Zalewska BEATS – Francisco Ponce, Juan Manuel Ponce WHAT RESONATES IN SILENCE – Pierre Caillet KENYA’S SYMPHONY – Michael Van Bodegom Smith THE HOLE – Green Seo IMAGINE SYMPHONY LIVE – Christopher Thomas THOSE LAST MOMENTS – Michael Llewelyn Barker ALTERED MIND OF 20-20 – Elia Cmiral |
Best Original Score, Series or Limited Series
| Winner | YOUR HONOR – Volker Bertelmann |
| Nominees | SUCCESSION (Season 2) – Nicholas Britell THE CROWN (Season 4) – Martin Phipps |
Best Original Song
| Winner | Back To Us – Mahmood |
| Nominees | Connection – Jaimie Pangan Intro – The Ghibertins I Bow to Thee O Mother – Ashish Rego One Day – Mathias Rehfeldt, Yalany Marschner |
SPECIAL CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score
| Winner | SOUL – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste |
| Nominees | MANK – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross MINARI – Emile Mosseri NEWS OF THE WORLD – James Newton Howard THE LITTLE THINGS – Thomas Newman |
Best Sound Mixing
| Winner | THE FATHER – Margot Saada, Vincent Verdoux |
| Nominees | SOUND OF METAL SOUL MANK MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM |
Best Sound Editing
| Winner | SOUND OF METAL – Nicolas Becker |
| Nominees | SOUL GREYHOUND CHERRY |
HORIZON AWARD
Best Music (Soundtrack, Score, Song Score or Overall production)
| Winners (TIE) | THE HUNGER – Natasha Paulberg THE LAST HORNS OF AFRICA – Sean Tinnion SHELLFISH – Hunter Hopewell |
| Nominees | SENSUAL PILL – Samuel Marin 1247 – Hwayung Sung EVERLASTING TAPE – Haley Keegan PARALLELISM – Central Unit BROTHER – Herman Witkam AFTERLOVE – Chris Roe UGOKU TOKAI: MOVING CITY – Lara Frank SERGI & IRINA – Alex Tejedor 1984 – Mikhel Kerem OTONASHI – Martin Gerigk AT HOME WITH ALICE PARKER – Eduardo Montes-Bradley ENCHANTED – Shane Rutherfoord-Jones OTAVA – Simon Penšek, Alenja Pivko Kneževic CALL FOR A POETIC CITY – Demetria Kalodimos GETS GOOD LIGHT – Elizabeth Phillipson-Weiner THE INVISIBLE WAR – Alberto Bellavia ABOVE THE TROUBLED WATER – Matt Loveridge, Jim Cornick, John Cohen THE CAUTIONARY TALE OF THE HOUSE IN THE SKY – Tomas Iglesias WHY WE ARE UNHAPPY IN CITIES – Zhao Gang SMILE – Woodwork C)ANSWERS – Andre Barros |
2020
CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score, Feature
| Winner | PARASITE – Jun Jaeil | South Korea |
| Nominees | HOTEL MUMBAI – Volker Bertelmann | Australia, USA, UK, India |
Best Original Score, Documentary
| Winners | AMERICAN FACTORY – Chad Cannon | USA THE GIRL WHO WORE FREEDOM – Jeff Kurtenacker | USA |
| Nominees | FOR SAMA – Nainita Desai | UK, Syria NO GOLD FOR KALSAKA – Bastian Emig | Burkina Faso EXPLORING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST – Jonathan Galland | USA THE RIBBON – Jonathan Galland | USA NEIGHBORS – Vjeran Šalamon | Croatia ALCOHOL: THE MAGIC POTION – Gary Marlowe | Germany LIVING WITH GAUDI – Ivan Capillas | Spain APOLLO 11 – Matt Morton | USA |
Best Original Score, Short
| Winner | DEAR MR. BURTON – Stefano Fasce | UK |
| Nominees | MALAKOUT – Soroush Abedi | Iran IN ORBIT – Emer Kinsella | Ireland BEATS – Mathias Rehfeldt | Germany RUMSPRINGAWAKENING – Nathan Fletcher | USA DENTIST SHOW – Wonji Lee | USA PANT HOOT – Adele Etheridge Woodson | USA THE MIRROR – Guy Gross | Australia MARGIN OF TERROR – Mike Meurs | UK BATGUY – Alan Williams | USA THE LIGHT THIEF – Jorge Magaz, Pablo Martin Caminero | Spain THE TEMPORAL SHOW – Sandrine Rudaz | Switzerland W – Stelios Koupetoris, Nefeli Stamatogiannopoulou | Greece THE BLOOD BRIDE – Caspar Leopard | UK DRESS – Robert Mai | USA MY ROMANIAN DIARY – Valerie Renay | Romania OUT OF THE BLUE – Josue Vergara | Spain RAG DOLL – Ian Chen | Canada A SONG FOR MARY – Carlos Mendoza | Mexico |
Best Original Score, Series or Limited Series
| Winner | GHOST IN THE SHELL: SAC-2045 – Nobuko Toda, Kazuma Jinnouchi | Japan |
| Nominees | GAME OF SOULS, EPISODE 14 – Denis Weidner | Germany THE DAY OF WRATH – Marcin Bornus-Szczycinski, Stanislav Szczycinski | Poland |
Best Original Song
| Winner | ”FLY WITH ME” (from MANOU THE SWIFT) – Frank Schreiber, Andrea Block | Germany |
| Nominees | ”KALO” (from CHUL) – Naoha | Bangladesh ”FRIEND” (from DOST) – Nicolasa Antiquera-Mall | Germany ”LOOK AT YOURSELF” (from MOLLY’S LOVE STORY) – Raymond Lacroix | Canada ”MOTTO OF THE YEAR” (from SEEN ALREADY) – TJ Murda | USA ”BEAUTEOUS” (from FAKED) – Joko in Berlin | Indonesia |
SPECIAL CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score
| Winner | 1917 – Thomas Newman JOKER – Hildur Guðnadóttir US – Michael Abels |
| Nominees | AD ASTRA – Max Richter LITTLE WOMEN – Alexandre Desplat A HIDDEN LIFE – James Newton Howard RICHARD JEWELL – Arturo Sandoval |
Best Sound Mixing
| Winner | AD ASTRA – Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Steve Morris, Jon Null |
| Nominees | JOKER – Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Tod A. Maitland 1917 – Mark Tyalor, Stuart Wilson MIDSOMMAR – Gene Park, Ric Schnupp, Ihor Kaniuk, Ruy García PARASITE – Tae-young Choi |
Best Sound Editing
| Winner | 1917 – Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate A HIDDEN LIFE – Brad Engleking |
| Nominees | HOTEL MUMBAI – Sam Petty, Lachlan Harris, Alicia Slusarski AD ASTRA – Gary Rydstrom, Brad Semenoff FORD V FERRARI – Donald Sylvester |
HORIZON AWARD
Best Music (Soundtrack, Score, Song Score or Overall production)
| Winners (TIE) | WUTHERING HEIGHTS – Michael Klubertanz | Germany ROCK ‘N’ ROLL EDDIE – Fred Emory Smith | Poland |
| Nominees | KINGDOM ANTHEM: THE KINGDOM ASCENDS UPON THE WORLD | South Korea THE YOUNG KADYAS – Yvonne Andrä, Eyal Davidovitch, Wolfgang Andrä | Germany MERMAID – Mohammad Yousefimanesh | Iran THE KHE SABH PEACE GARDEN – Tinh Mahoney | Vietnam UNEXPOSED – Trifon Koutsourelis | Iran VEGETABLES & HOUSING – Günter Puller | Austria OFFICE SONG – John Welland | UK CESTA DO NEMOZNA – Vladimir Martinka | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
2019
CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Lifetime achievement, Eddy Joseph
Best Original Score, Feature
| Winner | CAPERNAUM – Khaled Mouzanar | Lebanon |
| Nominees | HEREDITARY – Colin Stetson | USA |
Best Original Score, Documentary
| Winner | SKID ROW MARATHON – Kim Planert | USA, Ghana |
| Nominees | RBG – Miriam Cutler (score), Diane Warren (song I’ll Fight) | USA |
Best Original Score, Short
| Winners | BOBO – Anita Andreis | Croatia |
| Nominees | ENCHANTED, LLC – Jarryd Elias | USA |
Best Sound mixing/editing
| Winner | CAPERNAUM | Lebanon |
| Nominees | THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME | France |
SPECIAL CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score
| Winner | READY PLAYER ONE – Alan Silvestri |
| Nominees | ANNIHILATION – Geoff Barrow, Ben Salisbury |
Best Sound Mixing
| Winner | HEREDITARY – Lewis Goldstein, Tom Ryan, Steven C. Laneri |
| Nominees | A STAR IS BORN – Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder, Steven Morrow |
Best Sound Editing
| Winner | ANNIHILATION – Glen Freemantle |
| Nominees | READY PLAYER ONE – Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom |
HORIZON AWARD
Best Music (Soundtrack, Score, Song Score or Overall production)
| Winner | OTTO NEURUER: HOPE THROUGH DARKNESS – Bernhard Falkner, Marlon Prantl | Austria |
| Nominees | CLOWNFACE – Hans Michael Anselmo Hess | UK |
2018
CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score, Feature
| Winner | THE DEATH OF STALIN – Christopher Willis | UK |
| Nominees | CARNIVAL OF SORROW – Hans Michael Hess | UK |
Best Original Score, Documentary
| Winner | DANGEROUS CROSSING: THE MAKING OF A CAMPAIGN – George Acogny | Egypt |
| Nominees | ICARUS – Adam Peters | USA |
Best Original Score, Short
| Winner | iRONY – Radheya Jegatheva | Australia |
| Nominees | WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS – Jean-Michel Bernard | France |
Best Sound Mixing and Sound Editing
| Winner | MASTERS OF RESONANCE – Mark Vogelsang, Nathan Scofield |
| Nominees | CROWNSVILLE HOSPITAL: FROM LUNACY TO LEGACY – Kevin Hill |
SPECIAL CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score
Winner Grand prix (tiw) | WIND RIVER – Nick Cave, Warren Ellis PHANTOM THREAD – Jonny Greenwood |
| Nominees | STAR WARS, EPISODE VIII: THE LAST JEDI – John Williams |
Best Sound Mixing
| Winner | WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES |
| Nominees | BLADE RUNNER 204 |
Best Sound Editing
| Winner | BLADE RUNNER 2049 |
| Nominees | WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES |
2017
CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score, Feature
| Winner | EN MAN SOM HETER OVE (A Man Called Ove) – Gaute Storaas | Sweden |
| Nominees | THE INVITATION – Theodore Shapiro | USA |
Best Original Score, Documentary
| Winner | PACIFIC – Ivan Palomares | Spain |
| Nominees | UNWANTED HERITAGE – Ivo Josipović | Croatia |
Best Original Score, Short
Winner Grand prix | RELLANO – Josué Vergara | Spain |
| Nominees | STILL – Martin B. Janssen | USA |
Best Sound Mixing
| Winner | HELL OR HIGH WATER – Frank Gaeta, Jason Gaya, Andrejs Prokopenko |
| Nominees | HACKSAW RIDGE |
Best Sound Editing
Winner Grand prix | HACKSAW RIDGE – Robert Mackenzie, Andy Wright |
| Nominees | THE JUNGLE BOOK |
SPECIAL CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score
Winner Grand prix | HELL OR HIGH WATER – Nick Cave, Warren Ellis |
| Nominees | THE JUNGLE BOOK –John Debney |
2016
CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score, Feature
Winner Grand prix | THE CARER – Atti Pacsay | UK I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS – Keegan DeWitt | USA |
| Nominees | 5 TO 7 – Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans | USA |
Best Original Score, Documentary
| Winner | SPUREN IM STEIN – Frank Schreiber | Germany |
| Nominees | CARTEL LAND – Jackson Greenberg, H. Scott Salinas | USA |
Best Original Score, Short
Winner Grand prix | GEITEKILLINGEN SOM KUNNE TELLE TIL TI – Jan Morgenstern | Norway HORROR VACUI – Ivan Palomares | Spain |
| Nominees | MOVING ART: UNDERWATER – Alan Williams | USA |
Best Original Score
Winner | BRIDGE OF SPIES – Thomas Newman |
| Nominees | SPECTRE – Thomas Newman |
Best Sound Mixing
| Winner | THE REVENANT |
| Nominees | SICARIO |
Best Sound Editing
Winner | SICARIO |
| Nominees | MAD MAX: FURY ROAD |
2015
CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score, Feature
Winner Grand prix | UNDER THE SKIN – Mica Levi | UK BIRDMAN – Antonio Sanchez | USA |
| Nominees | 3:13 – Guillermo Guareschi | USA |
Best Original Score, Documentary
| Winner | THE SALT OF THE EARTH – Laurent Petitgand | Brazil, France |
| Nominees | VIRUNGA – Patrick Jonsson | Congo, UK |
Best Original Score, Short
Winner Grand prix | DROVER’S BOY – Yunyu Ong | Australia |
| Nominees | LE VENT DES REGRETS (Wind of Regrets) – Ivan Palomares | France |
SPECIAL CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score
| Winner Grand prix | INTERSTELLAR – Hans Zimmer |
| Nominees | GODZILLA – Alexandre Desplat |
2014
CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score, Feature
| Winner | BIG BAD WOLVES – Frank Ilfman | Israel |
| Nominees | LOVE OF MY LIFE – Enrica Sciandrone | Australia, UK |
Best Original Score, Documentary
| Winner | COSMOS – Alan Silvestri | USA |
| Nominees | THE CHOOKMAN – Charlotte Howell, Andy Salvanos, Gabriel Rigaud, Valentin Simonelli | Australia |
Best Original Score, Short
| Winner | CODA – Enrica Sciandrone | UK, Hungary |
| Nominees | DRAGONET PRIMUS – Jesús Calderon | Spain |
SPECIAL CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score
Winner Grand prix | SAVING MR. BANKS – Thomas Newman |
| Nominees | AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY – Gustavo Santaolalla PAIN & GAIN – Steve Jablonsky |
2013
CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score, Feature
Winner Grand prix | FOOTNOTE (He’arat Shulayim) – Amit Poznansky | Israel THE SPECTACULAR NOW – Rob Simonsen | USA |
| Nominees | AGNUS DEI (Agnus Dei) – Mendi Mengjiqi | Kosovo |
Best Original Score, Documentary
| Winner | A WORLD APART – Ivan Palomares | Spain |
| Nominees | A FILM ABOUT KIDS AND MUSIC – Ramon Tort | Spain |
Best Original Score, Short
Winner Grand prix | THE BOOK OF THE DEAD (Le livre des morts) – Flemming Nordkrog | France 5,80 METERS (5,80 mètres) – Olivier Militon | France |
| Nominees | THE ESCAPE – Federico Truzzi | Italy |
SPECIAL CRYSTAL PINE AWARDS
Best Original Score
Winner Grand prix | Lincoln, John Williams, composer Skyfall, Thomas Newman, composer |
| Nominees | Arbitrage, Cliff Martinez, composer |
